How to Teach Visualizing in the Upper Elementary Classroom

As adults, it’s so hard to imagine NOT visualizing while reading. 

Visualizing is what makes the characters, settings, and events pop off the page.  Visualizing makes us want to keep reading.  And - it’s visualizing that allows us to leave reality for a moment and escape into another world.

But - for young readers, it may not be that easy.  They may not have been taught to focus their mind in that way - to create that moving in their mind. That’s where clear reading comprehension strategy instruction on visualizing, or picturing as some teacher refer to it as, comes into the…well, picture (pun intended)!

If you’re looking to develop stronger readers in your classroom, then tune in to this week’s episode as we continue our podcast series on teaching reading comprehension strategies in your elementary classroom.

LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:

Episode 41: Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies 

Episode 42: Reading Comprehension Instruction: How to Teach Making Connections 

Books rich in descriptive language and detail — perfect for teaching visualizing:

• A Bad Case of the Stripes by: David Shannon 
• Color Me a Rhyme by: Jane Yolen 
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by: Judy Barrett 
• The Salamander Room by: Anne Mazer

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LINKtivity Interactive Learning Guide: Visualizing